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Growing Health Effects Of Global Warming Outlined On Regional Scale
A team of health and climate scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the WHO has shown that the growing health impacts of climate change affect different regions in markedly different ways. Ironically, the places that have contributed the least to warming the Earth are the most vulnerable to the death and disease higher temperatures can bring. 'Virtual Patient'To Simulate Real-time Organ Motions For Radiation The
Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are developing a physics-based virtual model that can simulate a patient's breathing in real time. When used in conjunction with existing 3-D models, adding the fourth dimension of time could significantly improve the accuracy and effectiveness of radiation treatment for lung and liver cancers. Mountains Discovered On Titan, Saturn's Largest Moon
Astronomers have discovered and analyzed mountains on Saturn's largest moon, additional evidence that it has some of the most earthlike processes of any celestial body in the solar system. Titan's mountains are most likely made of water ice and are relatively small in height, at most 2 km (1.25 mi) from base to peak. Hot Topics 2007: February Presidential Primary
Overview and analysis of California SB 113 (signed in March 2007) that moves California's presidential primary from June to February. Provides background on presidential primaries in California and discussion of the significance of the change, potential cost and impact, and related issues. From the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) Library, University of California, Berkeley. Physical Therapy In ICU Can Reduce Hospital Stays
A new study shows the effectiveness of early physical therapy in a medical intensive care unit. The length of stay for a group of respiratory-failure patients who received mobility therapy within 48 hours of the insertion of a breathing tube was reduced by an average of three days compared to the stay for patients who did not receive the therapy. This reduced length of stay included a reduction of time in the ICU of more than a day. Senate Chamber Desks
This presentation features historical details about the U.S. Senate chamber desks. "The Senate purchased 48 desks for its chamber in 1819, adding desks as new states joined the Union. To date, more than 1,600 senators have occupied these historic desks."Features a Senate seating plan, an interactive timeline of the evolution of the desks, and "desk history &mystery"(which includes a section about the so-called "Candy Desk"). From the U.S. Senate. First Bacterial Genome Transplantation Changes One Species To Another
Researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) have announced the results of work on genome transplantation methods allowing them to transform one type of bacteria into another type dictated by the transplanted chromosome. The work, published online in the journal Science, by JCVI's Carole Lartigue, Ph.D. and colleagues, outlines the methods and techniques used to change one bacterial species, Mycoplasma capricolum into another, Mycoplasma mycoides Large Colony (LC), by replacing one organism's genome with the other one's genome. WHO Recommends Influenza Vaccine Composition For Northern Hemisphere 2
This year, more than 10 000 influenza viruses from all continents were isolated and characterized by the WHO/National Influenza Centres. These laboratories, which are located in more than 80 countries, form the backbone of the global influenza surveillance programme. Based on that assembled information, WHO today published its recommendations on the formulation of the influenza vaccine for the Northern Hemisphere. One-fifth Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients In Drug-free Remission Foll
Early treatment with a combination of methotrexate and infliximab may be effective as remission induction therapy and alter the course of early rheumatoid arthritis, according to new research. Seals Quickly Respond To Gain And Loss Of Habitat Under Climate Change
Southern elephant seals responded rapidly to climate and habitat change and established a new breeding site thousands of kilometers from existing breeding grounds, according to new research. Scientists found that when the Antarctic ice sheets of the Ross Sea Embayment retreated in the Holocene period 8,000 years ago, elephant seals, Mirounga leonina, adopted the emergent habitat and established a new population which flourished.
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